Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005) — why this festive episode or special deserves a place in a Christmas television marathon.
David Tennant's first full Doctor Who story turns Christmas Day into an alien-invasion introduction to a new Doctor.
- Year
- 2005
- Best for
- science-fiction Christmas
Why watch it at Christmas?
The best seasonal television does more than hang tinsel on an ordinary episode. It uses Christmas pressure—family, expectation, loneliness, food, gifts or forced togetherness—to make the characters more themselves than usual.
Christmas-night verdict
This one earns a place in the annual rotation. Pair it with one or two other short specials rather than letting an algorithm choose the entire evening.